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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Anthony William" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedexexpress_india@xd.ae>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:43:49 +0530
Subject: Bank Of American Is Concern For Your Compensation Fund Of ($850,000.00 USD)

Hello Dear Customer,

This letter will definitely be surprise to you but be rest assured that it’s not SCAM of any kind… rather we urge you to STOP sending MONEY to Africa in other to receive your Payment. In case if anybody ask you to do so, please kindly report the person to the appropriate authority (www.fbi.gov).

Meanwhile, my name is Mr. Frank M Cook from Bank Of America Washinton, DC - USA, I wish to notify you that we have actually been authorized by the World Bank, and the governing body of the monetary unit of IMF to effect your overdue compensation payment though ATM CARD without delay.

As instructed by the aforementioned authorities, we are to pay 100 Nigerian Scam victims $850,000.00 ( Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) each. You are listed and approved in the payment schedule for this payment as one of the beneficiaries to be paid this amount as compensation. As a result of this laudable recommendations, it is imperative to bring to your notice that during the official meetings held at Washington DC, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists syndicates operating in all over the world today. In other to redeem the good image our relationship with African Countries, the New President of Economic Community of West African States has agreed with United States Government, World Bank and
International Financial Bodies to ordered the payment of $850,000 .00 each to the affected victims in pursuance with the U.N. recommendations.

This was resolved in a meeting held between World Bank , United Nations , Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authorities and Officials of United States Government in Washington DC last week, as a condition from the International Monetary Fund to support Asia Countries , Canada , European Union (EU) and United States of America in receiving total debt cancellation or forgiveness from the International Financial Bodies.

However, as per the instruction given by the authorities, recipients are to visit Bank Of America Washington, DC- USA and sign for the documents and pick up your card with all the documents that covered it.


Alternatively, if for any reason, you cannot travel down to our office here in Washington, DC, then you are advise to take care of the expenses and our delivery agent can come along with the documents for you to sign and hand over your ATM Card to you safely.

Please If this option is suitable for you then get back to me as soon as possible so that I will email you the account details which you will use to transfer the amount it will cost so that our agent will move immediately to meet with you and hand over your package Card to you.

*Mind you this is the ONLY payment you have to make to receive your ATM Card, please kindly report immediately if anyone should ask you to pay extra fees...And this fee is refundable, should incase your Card is not delivered within 2 business days, then kindly report to this office asap, so that your fund would be refunded.

Please inform us of your decision, ASAP .

To avoid impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (Atm-604) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the Card Center by using it as your subject.

Please note that a copy of this letter has been sent to above authorities as proof that you have been notified for immediate delivery of your ATM Card and if you fail to respond on time then this institution will not be held responsible for your ATM Card anymore because your payment file would be canceled and returned back to World Bank as unclaimed Card.

Thanks for banking with the Bank of America, while we look forward to serving you better.

Mr. Frank M Cook,
ATM Master Card Delivering Department.
Bank Of America Washington, DC - USA.
Email:infoboa686@gmail.com
Phone: +1(206) 497 9077

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